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title: "4 Painted Image Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [He had uttered a mad wish that he himself might remain untarnished, and the face on the canvas bear the burden of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/he-had-uttered-a-mad-wish-that-he-himself-might-remain-untarnished/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/oscar-wilde-16_age_he-had-uttered-a-mad-wish-that-he-himsel_249386.jpg)

> [What the worm was to the corpse, his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas. They would mar its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/what-the-worm-was-to-the-corpse-his-sins-would-be-to-the-painted/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/oscar-wilde-16_alive_what-the-worm-was-to-the-corpse-his-sins_303777.jpg)

> [“What the worm was to the corpse, his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/what-the-worm-was-to-the-corpse-his-sins-would-be-to-the-painted-2/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/oscar-wilde-16_painting_what-the-worm-was-to-the-corpse-his-sins_1704947.jpg)

> [It's the ultimate conceptual artwork. I took a piece of metal and just painted an image of a stop sign on it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-smith/it-s-the-ultimate-conceptual-artwork-i-took-a-piece-of-metal-and-just/)

[Josh Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/josh-smith-32519_artist_it-s-the-ultimate-conceptual-artwork-i-t_3140096.jpg)

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